Movies you have to watch at least once

[Profanity]

A lot of movies mentioned, yet few missing:
Fight Club.
Se7en
Silence of the Lambs (Followed by Hannibal and Red Dragon)

Can't really remember anymore right now.

[Guinea]

Apparently nobody mentioned Pulp Fiction yet.

Most movies I'd recommend seeing at least once have already been mentioned, so I'll just add:

Transporter 1
Crank 1

[SillyStell]

Wall-E
Yeah I know this movie has some mixed opinions and I know some people here arn't big pixar fans but I just loved this film. Had a good feel to it. No means is it perfect but it's a film I always seem to come back to. It reminds me why I want to work in animation.

[Ribs]

Vampires Suck
Michael Clayton
A View to a Kill
License to Kill
Young Frankenstein
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun 2 1/2
The Naked Gun 33 1/3
Batman Forever

[tredlow]

Originally Posted by SillyStell

Wall-E
Yeah I know this movie has some mixed opinions and I know some people here arn't big pixar fans but I just loved this film. Had a good feel to it. No means is it perfect but it's a film I always seem to come back to. It reminds me why I want to work in animation.

I agree. I love the character designs, and how none of the robots have human faces (mostly, they're just two eyes), and only barely human bodies, and yet they can show lots of personalities.

I especially like this guy:


When I saw him the first time, I was like "That's awesome!" His 'face' is just one big red eye, but the way he moves, and how the eye relates to his little hands make him look like a hunched, stressed office worker.

[SillyStell]

That was awesome! He was so amused when he learned to wave. Pixar are very good at making something that by all means should have no life at all and then fill it with personality simply through movement.

[RetroVortex]

I agree that Wall-E is a great film.
One of Pixar's best.

Also Toy Story 1 and 3 (2 I don't seem to like as much) are fantastic films, timeless classics.

In fact comparing the two just shows how much the company has matured over the years.

Best Pixar film for me has to be Up.
It truely is a wonder.

One could argue its more of an experience than a film.

The visuals are some of the best I have ever seen. Fantastic effects combined with excellent design.

The musical score is superb.

The characters are unique and likeable.

Even the plot , though fairly simplistic, is well told.

Also here are another few recomendations:



Hilarious but also brilliantly coreographed kung fu film.

Self-parody at its finest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyWhVUCXY1A

Bruce Campbell movies

Evil Dead 1-3, Bubba hotep ect.

Bruce Campbell is excellent, and I suggest giving all the movies he has stared in a shot.

Watch the old stuff first, become aquanted with him, then watch this:

My Name is Bruce



This is a hilarious film.

Its another self parody, and it shows just how likeable and down-to-earth Bruce Campbell is.

[Guinea]

It's a 20 minute short movie, and available on YouTube, so everyone should see this: I am Stamos, starring John Stamos.

And while we're talking about it:
Being John Malkovich is an awesome movie that everyone must have seen at least once.

[JedExodus]

Here's some films I think people should watch

Watch these

Goldfinger
The Truman Show
Oldboy
Citizen Kane
Airplane
Godfather 1/2
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings series
Mrs. Doubtfire
Children of Men
City of God
Forrest Gump
Groundhog Day
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Sin City
Moon
Psycho
The Shawshank Redemption
Barton Fink
The Hudsucker Proxy
O' Brother Where Art Thou?
Monty Python's The Meaning of LIfe
Scrooged
Dawn of the Dead (the original's my preference)
Paranormal Activity
28 Weeks Later
Trainspotting
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Human Traffic
Clerks
Taare Zameen Par

Don't watch these

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[GaryCXJk]

Spaceballs

You ain't seen Science Fiction until you've seen that movie.

[RetroVortex]

Originally Posted by GaryCXJk

Spaceballs

You ain't seen Science Fiction until you've seen that movie.

YES!

And this is why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcY090XV284

[SillyStell]

Also I'd like to suggest this lil' animated short. Just brilliant!

[Martin McFly]

Everyone did a pretty good job covering classic movies. I'll just add a few more:

-Rashômon (1950)
The birth of 'different POV' movies. It is, however, a foreign film so you will need subtitles but it's truly a masterpiece that must be viewed for any cinema lover.

-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
I don't know how to describe this movie other than 'classic'. It's probably one of the more well-known Western movies and yet, I don't know too many people that have actually sat down an watched it.

-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jack Nicholson does an amazing job as the lead and really ties the movie together. Again, this is one of those classics that you must see at some point.

-A Clockwork Orange (1971)
In my opinion, the best movie by Stanley Kubrick. The entire movie feels like a case study of the main character and man, is it facinating. Malcolm McDowell does a beautiful job of portraying Alex DeLarge. As a warning, this movie holds many "controversial and disturbing" scenes; it really depends on what sort of film goer you are.

-Inception (2010)
Yeah, yeah. I know I'm going to get a few flames for this one but I loved it. The concept, the actors, the story; everything was well done. I don't remember walking out of a movie theatre with such a strong liking for the film.

-Psycho (1960)
Not the Vince Vaughn remake. I'm sure most of you have heard of the twist ending at some point but despite the fact, I highly recommend the film. Overlooking the most memorable scene in the film (you all know which one), this movie manages to keep the viewer interested all the way until the end credits.

I'm sorry if anyone already posted these movies. I'm not very observant.

Also, there's a brilliant animated short that adds visuals to Tim Minchin's 9 minute poem, Storm. I highly recommend it for at least one viewing.

[Vainamoinen]

Saw some really good suggestions here, hope I don't repeat any. Also, trying to get those out there that less people know about, some at least. Concerning Kung Fu movies, well, I've got Operation Condor on my shelf and that's all the Kung Fu I'll ever need.

Groundhog Day
One of the greatest movies of all time, and every science fiction series above three seasons seems to have at least one memorial episode reminiscent of the mechanics of that movie.

Accidental Hero
Best Dustin Hoffman movie out there, but few even know it! Watch it and try to find your hero. It's really hard.

Memento
Why hasn't anyone named this movie? A thriller in which the scenes are shown in reverse order and STILL the resolution is at the end. Shocking, and you really get to feel pity for the main character.

[tredlow]

Originally Posted by SillyStell

Also I'd like to suggest this lil' animated short. Just brilliant!

Yeah, I saw that. That was cool. Kinda disturbing when you realize it's a real instrument.

Originally Posted by RetroVortex

My Name is Bruce

Aw, man. That movie is depressing. It's hilarious, but I hate seeing Bruce Campbell living alone in a trailer.

[JedExodus]

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Memento
Why hasn't anyone named this movie?

Because I forgot about it The sidekick looks the spitting image of my old PE teacher as well

[supmandude85]

1. Troll 2
   
2. The Room
   
3. Plan 9 From Outer Space
   
4. Citizen Kane

[tredlow]

Originally Posted by supmandude85

1. Troll 2
   
2. The Room
   
3. Plan 9 From Outer Space
   
4. Citizen Kane

Best list ever.

[SillyStell]

Plan 9 From Outer Space is amazing! I have it on DVD, got it for £1! What a deal!

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Groundhog Day
One of the greatest movie of all time, and every science fiction series above three seasons seems to have at least one memorial episode reminiscent of the mechanics of that movie.

Absolutely.

My pick: Brazil